Curtis Elfenbein Asch (Claudius) is a published poet and playwright whose work has appeared in print and on the stage in New York, Massachusetts, and California. A teacher at the Berkshire Arts and Technology charter school in Adams, MA, he has performed in a multitude of plays, including as Sylvestre in Scapin at the Hayward Community Theatre, Eddie in the world premier of Sweet Self at Berkeley’s Impact Theatre, Teach in American Buffalo at the Huntington Theatre, and Richard III in Richard III at ACT.

Jessica Robert Charron (Columbia) has been a fan of Rocky Horror since the age of 16 and has always wanted to play the role of Columbia now her dream has been fulfilled. Jessica’s whole life has always been based on song and dance. Starting at the age of 2 ½ she began taking ballet and over the years added pointe, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, and hip hop. From elementary school on she was always singing in the school chorus. In middle school she participated in the high school productions, The Music Man and Sweet Charity. Post high school she put her skills to use in the shows, Tony and Tina’s Wedding, Grandma Sylvia’s Funeral, and King Casmire’s Feast acting and choreographing dances. In Rocky Horror Jessica is realizing her dream of playing Columbia and also as the dance choreographer.

Christopher Beaulieu (Director) Chris is an Actor/Director/Fight Choreographer/Teacher with over 20 years experience teaching and directing students in various areas of theater.  Co-founder of the physical theatre company, Creatively Independent, Chris tours 250+ days/year performing and teaching the performing arts. He has taught internationally in Germany, Scotland, England, Portugal and Prague, as well as nationally. Chris has founded theater companies in Massachusetts and Germany. He has trained and taught with the internationally recognized Shakespeare & Co. education program. Chris has been a long term director/dramaturge for the nationally recognized Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Greylock Project. This sister program to NYC’s 52nd St. Project brings at risk children and professional artists together to create original theatre. Chris is an accredited Advanced Actor/Combatant  in 8 weapons with the Society of American Fight Directors. In 2009, the SAFD honored Christopher with the Patrick “Paddy” Crean Award for inspiring leadership and dedication to the craft. He graduated from the prestigious Physical Theatre Program at Dell Arte International School of Physical Theatre in 2005. This intensive training focuses on the actor-creator and the development of devised work for the theatre including stage movement, mask construction & performance, commedia, melodrama, clown and improv. Beyond the stage, Chris teaches at multiple conferences: Performing the World, Florida State Thespians, North Carolina State Thespians, Florida Assoc. of Theatre Educators and the prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (SE Region), as well as clown/performance skills under the Big Top for Circus Smirkus, a well established youth based circus school. For two years, Chris was a member of the select list of teaching artists working for ISTA (International Schools Theatre Association), from 2009-10. ISTA reaches students across the globe and is responsible for the IB Theatre curriculum. Chris taught and directed workshops in playwrighting & creative writing for Living Inside/Art in the Jail project. Living Inside was recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts for its work with juvenile inmates in poetry, oral histories and character development while they practiced the skills of creative writing and conflict resolution. In 2008, Chris was asst. director to Dell’Arte’s Artistic Director, Michael Fields on the original production of The Hunting of the Snark. Currently, Chris is touring an original clown show, Training a Trickster, as well as opening Creatively Independent’s first artist retreat studio in Virginia.  He is scheduled to direct San Francisco clown duet, Kaluza & Coventry, in an original international street show called Sopa de Botas (Yum).

Chelsea LeSage (Hamlet) is a sophomore in the BFA Acting program at Marymount Manhattan College. Recently, Chelsea was seen at Marymount as May in A Fool for Love. Favorite roles include: the Witch in Into the Woods (Barrington Stage Company), Maureen in Rent and Natalie in All Shook Up (Taconic High) and, Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Berkshire Children’s Theater). Also, Isabella in Measure for Measure, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Sir Toby in Twelfth Night, and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (all at Shakespeare & Company). She will continue to pursue the dream in Manhattan in the fall.

Caitlin Partridge (Ophelia/Ensemble) is a third-year student at Brandeis University, pursuing degrees in Theatre Arts and History. Previous roles include Othello (Desdemona), Romeo & Juliet (Juliet), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), The Maid (Joan of Arc), and The Winter’s Tale (Camilla). This is her first production with Minerva Arts Center.

Cassandra Vallieres (Stage Manager) is a 21 year old graduate of McCann Tech Culinary Arts program. She has been in many productions including Joseph and the Amazing Tecnicolor Dream Coat, The Music Man, The King and I, Grease, The Wizard of Oz, Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye BIrdie, Peter Pan, My Fair Lady, and Godspell. She has loved acting since the 6th grade. She started working behind the scenes with Marcus is Walking, followed by Aliza, Waiting for Godot, and now The Rocky Horror Show. Cassandra has done many different jobs for different productions and she hopes to learn and grow in upcoming shows.

Michael J. Brames (Brad) is an alum of Agawam High, who partook in their theatre program. The spark that was created then finally when he played the part of Judas in the retelling of the 1969 classic Godspell at the MAC. He recently performed in a new staged adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th Century masterpiece, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha at the MAC. Now that the spark has been ignited, he plans to continue acting for as long as he may. He is very excited to be playing alongside the cast of the Rocky Horror Show as Brad.

Benjamin Canell (Grave Digger/Ensemble). Watch for Benjamin in the upcoming adaptation of Miguel Cervantes, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. Most recently he performed at the MAC in Godspell and in the original dance show, Tonight I Will Dream. Benjamin is a full-time student at MCLA and long-time actor, and sometime professional dancer.